8:30 MR Hardware - (Dr. Boernert)

9:00 RF coil design - (Dr. Barral)

9:30 Interventional MRI - (Dr. Atalar)

10:00 Compressed Sensing in MRI - (Dr. Doneva)

10:30 Coffee break: Meet the speakers

11:00 Musculoskeletal MRI - Technical Considerations - (Dr. Gold)

11:30 Parallel reception and parallel transmission - advanced concepts in MR - (Dr. Boernert)

12:00 MR Artifacts Panel - (Dr. Gold, Dr. Lustig and Dr. Barral)

13:00 Lunch break

14:00 Funding MRI Research - (Dr. Atalar)

14:30 MR Spectroscopy in Neurooncology - (Dr. Kozic)

15:00 MR Microscopy in Biomedical Research - (Dr. Sersa)

15:30 MR Contrast Media in Neuroradiology - (Dr. Vrcakovski)

16:00-18:00 HAPPY HOUR WORKSHOPS

Engineering Session: Accelerated MR Acquisitions (parallel imaging methods, compresssed sensing, etc) - (moderators: Dr. Lustig, Dr. Doneva, Dr. Mutapcic)

Clinical Session: Musculoskeletal Case Studies - (moderators: Dr. Gold, Dr. Kucharczyk)